UNMET is a dystopian, fairytale retelling of GREAT EXPECTATIONS. Dickens meets Kazuo Ishiguro in this propulsive novel with a literary voice. Post an AI-induced World War, human ingenuity and truth have never been more prized. Long life and legacy are paramount, but only billionaires can afford the treatments that significantly extend life as they obsess over immortality in all its forms.

Somewhere in the heartland, in the last raggedy Victorian mansion in a burgeoning company town, lives the brilliant Suri Phillips. Having lost her mother as a toddler, Suri fears death and irrelevance as she ekes out a lonely existence with a cruel stepmother and a weak father. Obsessed with truth and pining for renown, she dreams of becoming a famous journalist. At age nine, Suri discovers a fugitive bleeding to death in the carriage house her parents rent to tourists. When she saves his life, he offers her a wish, and she asks for immortality. He makes her a deal: if she becomes a bestselling author by 25, he will award her a special version of immortality.

Shortly after, the billionaire recluse Miss Avis invites Suri to socialize with her adopted daughter, Elle. Elle introduces Suri to the secret, underground Victorian-style town where the Avises live and control the world’s largest company. Though Elle is icy and manipulative, she captivates Suri with her longing to learn her parentage, and their intimacy grows. As Suri sets out to study journalism, build a massive platform at all costs, and write a wildly successful manuscript, Miss Avis ensnares Suri’s talents in her plans for Elle’s legacy. Haunted by her complicated feelings for Elle, Suri must find a way to meet everyone’s expectations. Or die trying.